Artists · Bliss 2026

Marta Hadžimanov

Serbian soprano Marta Hadžimanov currently lives in Germany, where she studies opera and concert singing at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim under the guidance of Prof. Caroline Melzer, following the completion of her double undergraduate studies with Prof. Snežana Stamenković. Her recent and upcoming operatic engagements include Countess Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Bergen Summer Academy Opera by the Fjord, Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at the Operosa festival in Montenegro, the title role in Handel's Alcina, Gretel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, and Titania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Opera Oder-Spree festival. She also performed as a featured soloist at the Vienna St. Sava's Ball at Hofburg Palace with the Symphony Orchestra of the Serbian National Theatre, and made her debut as a soloist at the Berlin Philharmonic in Poulenc's Gloria. She participated as a soloist in radio recordings for SWR Stuttgart and Deutschlandfunk Cologne in collaboration with Prof. Axel Bauni. Among her awards are the first prize at the International Mozart Competition in Vienna, first prize and special award at the competition Distant Chords in Split, third prize at the Paula Salomon-Lindberg Das Lied competition in Berlin, and three special awards at the Opera Oder-Spree festival. She is also the recipient of several merit-based scholarships, including the Deutschlandstipendium. At the age of 17, Marta made her professional theatre debut as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at the Terazije Theatre in Belgrade, where she performed the role for three consecutive seasons. Her artistic development has been further enriched through masterclasses with Lisette Oropesa, Rudolf Piernay, David Bizic, Claudia Visca, Snežana Brzaković, Bernhard Hanski, Jean-Noël Brien, and Eva Blahova.